They’re easy to prepare and make a great side dish to make ahead or bake while you’re busy with other cooking! As you know baked potatoes can be stuffed or topped with a variety of different ingredient. Sometimes I’ll…
Italian Appetisers Recipes
POLPETTE DI ZUCCA (PUMPKIN MEATBALLS WITH STRINGY CHEESE HEART)
Pumpkin meatballs are a simple and tasty preparation, ideal for autumn, to be served as appetizer or second course. To make them, few ingredients are needed: pumpkin, bread crumbs, eggs, Parmigiano cheese and parsley. The breadcrumbs give these veggie…
This sandwich is great for a light lunch or afternoon snack. Enjoy! Makes: 2 sandwiches INGREDIENTS 2 ciabatta buns 4 Tbls of extra virgin olive oil 1 clove of garlic 8 medium slices of…
Any Frittata is delicious but this dish is exceptional. I purposely went out and bought a cast iron frying pan just for frittatas. I get on a kick every so often and I like trying different combinations of vegetables, meats,…
Salt chestnuts are an alternative to other ways of cooking chestnuts at home. Cooking with coarse salt, done in a pan, is reminiscent of the roasted chestnuts we buy on the street since the coarse salt acts as a…
PETTOLE: SAVOURY AND FRIED DOUGH BALLS
True Pettole or pittule pugliesi are balls of very soft leavened dough, fried in hot oil, typical of Apulia. They can be rustic or sweet, simple or filled and are often used as a substitute of bread, or as…
Potato gateau, more confidentially called gattò, is one of the typical dishes of Neapolitan cooking. Let’s discover its history and its origins. This Neapolitan dish was born in the 1700’s from the encounter between Neapolitan and French cooking. The…
Bread balls are a typical dish of Sicilian tradition. Bread balls are an excellent example of how in cooking simplicity can perfectly combine with exquisite taste, good nutritional value and authentic regional tradition. It is a really “anti-crisis” dish,…
Rustico Leccese is a typical Apulian street food made of puff pastry, béchamel sauce, tomato and mozzarella. A real delicacy that is worth trying! SERVINGS:6 INGREDIENTS: 1 puff pastry sheet roll 3 oz of mozzarella cheese 1/2…
NONNA’S ITALIAN FRIED ZUCCHINI FRITTERS-20 Minutes Recipe
Perfect as both an appetizer and a main course, zucchini fritters are an easy vegetarian recipe suitable for everyone. Prep. Times: 10 minutes Cooking Times: 10 minutes SERVINGS:4 INGREDIENTS: 2 zucchini 1/2 cup of…